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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1944, a paper was published demonstrating that what provided the material basis for inheritance?
(a) Chromosomes.
(b) Fruit flies.
(c) Maize studies.
(d) DNA.

2. Who's number of year-round investigators hovered around six and eight?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Cold Spring Harbor.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Columbia.

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

4. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?
(a) Caterpillars.
(b) Mice.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Maize.

5. After what length of time did Demerec propose to make Barbara's position permanent at Cold Springs Harbor?
(a) A week.
(b) Two months.
(c) A year.
(d) Ten days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?

2. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?

3. Max Delbruck first came to the United States from what country?

4. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?

5. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?

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